The shitty state of search engines these days is complicating my exit from Twitter. I could go to the extra work of combing the web myself to find the news I used to get from Science Twitter and Disability Twitter, but the search engines are horrible and steer people only to a few sites.
I ditched Meta products 5 yrs or more ago so finding community there isn't a good option.
I'm really angry at what corporations have done to the Internet over the decades.
Hopefully fedi can be a good news source for all different topics
@zleap I do understand the philosophy behind why Mastodon chose that. I just think that for those of us without tons of friends also on Mastodon, it can be isolating and difficult to find the amount of useful information it was possible to find on the birdsite (in amongst all the horrible stuff they had there).
The fact we are having a conversation about these problems is the first step, I am just a user but hopefully this will be picked up by the developers and those who decide on how things operate and over time the fedi will improve for the better.
@zleap It hasn't been the case so far, sadly. I understand it takes some work and I've been putting the work in. However, I think in designing something somewhat inspired by the birdsite, yet without QTs and better methods of discovery, the experience can be cold. If one is not watching at the very moment that someone toots something, or the moment someone boosts a toot, it can be hard to see/find.